CONTENTS

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PREFACE ......... v

PART I
ESSAYS
I. ON CERTAIN BURIAL CUSTOMS AS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE
PRIMITIVE THEORY OF THE SOUL 3
II. THE PRYTANEUM, THE TEMPLE OF VESTA, THE VESTALS,'
PERPETUAL FIRES.....51
NOTE ON THE EARLY ITALIAN HUTS . , . 76
III. TABOO........80
IV. THE LANGUAGE OF ANIMALS , . . • 93
V. SOME POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS OF THE ANCIENTS . 128
VI. A FOLK-LORE MEDLEY.....151
1. Arcs in the Brazen Pot , , . . .151
2. Bo'uXuros, the Loosing of the Ox . » . 153
3. Coins attached to the Face . . . , 155
4. Hide-measured Lands.....156
5. The Bedstead of the Flamen Dialis . . .158
6. Omens from Sneezing.....159
7. Swallows in the House.....159
8. The Youth of Achilles.....165
9. The Leafy Bust at Nemi . . , .169
10. Folk-lore at Balquhidder . . . * 172
n. Notes on Harvest Customs * , , .175
12. Easter in Greece...... 181
VII, A SUGGESTION AS TO THE ORIGIN OF GENDER IN
LANGUAGE......183
VIIL ON,SOME CEREMONIES OF THE CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN
TRIBES.......198
IX, THE CURSING OF VENIZELOS . . . .205
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